Paper short abstract

Dwelling on vernacular architecture and its implied devices, this paper attempts to translate constructed assemblages in Islamic terms, eliciting ethnographical and technological issues of compared relevance and belief.

Paper long abstract

Considering some supposedly non-Islamic settings, this paper aims to unsettle modern paradigms and geopolitical presumptions of, precisely, Islamic attachment - and detachment. Following vernacular architecture trajectories in present-day Portugal and in an actor-network-theory mood, I'll try to critically expose technological constructing continuities remounting to the former so-called Islamic occupation period. What stands for vernacular being also a matter of concern, particular emphasis will be given to everyday alignments, boundaries and propositions. Moreover, extending belief concepts to non-humans in accordance with Quranic and Prophetic standards, the very methodological interface (anthropology itself?) should be tested for connectivity instances on housing, ownership, work, value and scale.